YRT/Viva set ridership record

Viva buses

A record 22 million people rode York Region Transit/Viva last year, according to the latest ridership statistics.
The figure represents an 11.6-per-cent increase over the strike-affected 2011 ridership tally.
Ridership for 2013 is anticipated to exceed 23.5 million passengers.
“This is an historic milestone for transit in York Region,” regional chairperson Bill Fisch said in a statement. “We have come a long way since 2001 when York Region Transit was amalgamated from five local transit services and began with six million riders.
“We have rebounded from a transit strike.”
The last quarter of 2012 saw the highest revenue ridership recorded in a single quarter since transit was amalgamated, the region said.
Express services and Viva Blue, which operates along the Yonge Street corridor, logged the largest gains.

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